Collaret.



C. ILIGAN.

COLLARET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, m5. I 2

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CARL ILIGAN, orconoim, NEW YORK.

COLLARET.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1

Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

Application filed July 15, 1915., Serial No. 39,945.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL ILIGAN, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,and resid ing at Corona, Long Island, in the county of Queens and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCollarets, of which the following is a specification such as will enablethose skilled in the art to which it appertains t make and use the same.

This invention relates to what are known as collarets or facings forgentlemens vests, ladles coats'and snnilar garments, and the objectthereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is simplein construction and can be quickly andeasily at-' tached to, or detachedfrom the garment whenever desired.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the Views, and in which Figure 1 is a View showing my improvedcollaret, or a part thereof, and the method of attaching it to agarment; Fig. 2 a transverse sectional view showing diagrammatically theseparate parts of the collaret; Fig. 3 a transverse section of thecollaret only on the line 33 of Fig. 1; and, Fig. 4 a sectional viewshowing in detail the means for and method of connecting a collaret witha garment.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, I have shown at a thefront part of one side portion of a garment and at 11 my may be usedwith either side out or either improved collaret connected therewith.

The collaret is composed of two separate longitudinal strips 12 foldedcentrally as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and these strips 6 are composed ofsilk or any othersuitable material, and are provided with innerlinings band the edges of the strips 6 are folded inwardly over the edges of thelinings, asshown at If.

Placed in the folded parts or strips 6 is a central reinforcing andconnecting strip 6 which extends longitudinally through the collaret,and the separate parts of'the collaret are stitchedtogether and to thestrip 6 by a longitudinal row of stitches b at each side of a centrallongitudinal space I) formed on each side of the collaret by the foldingof the strips 6 as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

In attaching my improved collaret to the garment I provide pin devices 0which are made of a form somewhat similar to ordinary safety pins, butwhich comprise a main loop member having ends 0 that are folded in thesame direction and in the same plane to forminwardly directed parts 0parallel with the main back parts 0*, and one of the parts 0 is extended'to form a pin 0 which proJects beyond the opposite end of the bodyportion of the pin device and is provided at its inner end portion witha collar cf. In the use of these pin devices in securlng the collaret tothe garment, the

said pin devices are employed longitudinally of the collaret and in thecentral longitudinal spaces 1), and the pin members 0 are passed throughthe central part b of the collaret and through the garment, as clearlyshown in Fig. 4, and in this operation the points of the pin members 0of the pin devices project beyond the corresponding ends of the bodiesof the pin devices, or the inwardly directed hook members 0 thereof, andsaid inwardly directed hook members 0 and the collars 0 on the pin andprevent their longitudinal movement,

- and said pin devices cannot be detached, ex-

cept by hand, as will be readily understood.

Any desired number of these pin devices may be employed and by meansthereof the v collaret or facing may be secured to a garment of any kindor class, whenever desired, and detached therefrom whenever necessary,and by reason of the construction employed the collaret is reversibleand edge up, or in other words my collaret may be used in four differentpositions.

My improved collaret or facing may be made of any preferred material,and changes in and modifications of the construction strips foldedcentrally and longitudinally,.

and a central reinforcing and connecting strip placed between the foldsof the side strips, the folded edge portions of the side strips beingfolded inwardly and stitched as my invention I have signed my name in.longitudinally to the central reinforcing and presence of thesubscribing Witnesses this 10 connectfinfi strp, and szid folded edgepor- 14th day of July 1915. tions 0 t e si e strips orming narrow cen- 5tral longitudinal spaces exposing the cen- CARL ILIGAN tra-l reinforcingand connecting strip on Witnesses: both sides of the collaret. C.MULREANY,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing A. R. APPLEMAN.

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' Washington, D. C.

